Bale-tie.



No. 653,226. Patented July |o,'|9oo.' w. T. FORBES.

BALE TIE'.

(Application filed Oct. 9, 1899.)

(No Model.)

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER T. FORBES, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

BALE-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters was No. 653,226, dated any 10,1900.

Application filed October 9, 1899. Serial No. 738,028. (No model.)

To a, whomit may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER T. FORBES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, haveinvented a new and useful Bale- Tie, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to cotton or other baleties; and its object is theproduction of a simple and convenient bale-tie capableof being tightenedwhile the bale is in the compress under compression.

The invention consists in providing a series of ties with a commontightening device by means of which they may be tightened simultaneouslyto resist the expansion which at present invariably increases the bulkof the bale to a considerable extent after it is removed from thecompress.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a baleprovided with my tie. Fig. 2 is a detail view showing the manner ofconnecting one of the ties to the coiling-tube. Fig. 3 is a detail Viewof the coilingtube shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the keywhich I employ for operating said tube. Fig. 5 is a fragmentaryperspective view illustrating the application of a modified form of mytie, the essential variation be in g the employment of straps in lieu ofwires. Fig. 6 is a detail view similar to Fig. 2, illustrating themanner of attaching one of the tie-straps shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is adetail View of the coiling-tube shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 8 is a detail Viewof the key for actuating the tube shown in Fig. 7.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the draw- I ings.

1 designates what is known as a compressed bale of cotton having itssides and a portion of its edges covered by the upper and lowerbale-sheets 2 and 3, united at the ends by lacing 4..

5 5 indicate a series of ties passing entirely around the baletransversely in substantially parallel relation and designed whentightened to prevent the expansion of the bale after it leaves thecompress, the primary consideration being the compression of'the baleinto the smallest possible space to facilitate its transportation.

Heretofore it has not been practical to take up all the slack of thebands, as there must be sufficient space or play to loop and buckle themtogether.

The numeral 6 indicates what may be termed a coiling tube or shaftextending along one side edge of the bale and passing through terminalloops 7 provided at one end of each of the ties, whereby the shaft isjournaled on the latter. The opposite end of each tie having been passedaround the bale is now brought up and is passed over the tube 6, thencethrough diametrical openings 8 therein, and is finally passed around thetube in the opposite direction. The end of each of the ties having thusbeen securely connected to the tube, the latter is rotated in anysuitable manner, preferably by the application of the key 9, providedwith a squared socket 7o 10 to the terminal key-lug 11 at one end of thetube. As the tube is rotated freely within the loops 7 it graduallywinds or coils the ends of the ties opposite the loops, causing thesimultaneous binding of the bale throughout its length.

Any suitable means may be employed for preventing the backward rotationof the tube when pressure is removed from the key; but I prefer toprovide a number of diametrical 8o apertures 12, by means of whichlocking-pins 13 may be passed through the tube and, bearing against theside of the bale, act as stops or lockin g devices to prevent theuncoiling of the ties under the expansive force exerted when pressure isremoved from the bale.

In the last four figures of the drawings I have illustrated amodification of the invention just described, which modificationconsists in substituting flat metal straps for the 0 wire tiesillustrated in connection with the preceding figures, the strapsnecessitating the employment of elongated slots 14 in the tube,diametrically disposed and designed, like the apertures 8, for thereception of the ties 15, 5 which, however, in this latter embodiment ofthe invention are passed through the slots and then, instead of beingcoiled upon the tube in the reverse direction, are coiled up over thetube and under the portion of the tie rising from the lower edge of thebale. In connection with this embodiment of the invention 1 have alsoillustrated a variation of the key, which consists in slitting the endof the tube,

as indicated at 16, and in providing the key 17 with a lug 18, designedto fit into the slitted portion. The broad noveltyin myinventionresides, however, in the provision of a tightening device designed to beincorporated as a permanent part of the tie and to act si- I a wrench orkey, whereby it is adapted to be j rotated to tighten the ties, saidshaft being provided between its ends with an opening, and a removablelocking device passing through the said opening and arranged to engage abale, whereby the shaft is held against retrograde rotation,substantially as described.

2. A bale-tie comprising a plurality of ties,

a shaft j ournaled on the ties at one end therei my own I have heretoaffixed my signature in of and receiving and adapted to wind the otherend of the ties, whereby the latter are simultaneously tightened, and alocking device, substantially as described.

3. A bale-tie comprising a plurality of ties, a shaft connected with andadapted. to rotate independently of one end of each tie, and providedwith openings for the reception of the other end of each tie, wherebythe ties are connected to it adjustably, and means for locking theshaft, substantially as described.

4. A bale tie or binding comprising a plurality of flexible tiesprovided with terminal loops, a tube passed through the said loops v andprovided with diametrical openings for the reception of the oppositeends of the ties,

'and a suitable device for preventing retrograde movement of the tube.

5. In a bale tie or binding, the combination with a tube provided withtransverse apertures, of a plurality of ties provided with terminalloops surrounding the tube and having I their opposite ends passedthrough the apertures therein, detachable locking-pins projecting fromthe tube, and means for applying power to the tube to effect itsrotation and the coiling of one end of each of the ties.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as the presence of twoWitnesses.

WALTER T. FORBES. Witnesses:

H. (J. BURGE, L. D. BURNS.

